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Show Hyde- D 606 twelve feet long; you can make them in two or three hours. That is the only kind of boat I ever saw on the river. Q You referred to some boats coming down, bringing a little bacon. A When the placer miners were in there, some of them had no way of getting down to look at the bars; some of them built little bits of boats of this kind, and went down. Q Have you ever taken a boat down the river from either Montezuma or Bluff? A I have taken a boat down the river from Montezuma to Bluff, and from Bluff to Rincon, mouth of Chinle, twice. I was a kid the first time, took it from Montezuma with another men, mouth of Comb wash -- Rincon, we called our place, - I made up - Q Did you ever bring any of those boats up the river? A Nobody ever brought any boats up that river. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Did you ever bring any? A No BY MR. BLACKMAR Q Did you ever see anybody else bring a boat up? A No, I never did. Mr. FARNSWORTH: That statement of his, I take it, goes out. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Yes. The question was, did he. 2574 |